Thread: Sun August 19th - Sat August 25th

Sunday Afternoon Shave.

Warm Shower, Stephan's rubbed into the whiskers
Home made Pre-Shave Balm
Dirty Bird Scuttle
Nancy Boy Signature Series SC
Custom Badger by Tim
Boker, Red Injun 101, 5/8 full hollow
SRDP1 50 felt 75 leather
Razorock Aluminum
Pinaud Bay Rum
Vaseline for men

This was the first razor I ever honed and used. I originally honed it on Norton 1K,4/8K. Th edge was just fine but I wanted to bring it to where I've been able to get other edges so I ran it on the Naniwa 12K, .5 Crox and .25 Diamond Spray. Stropped it up and shaved. Very nice!!! I find I am getting pretty good at getting the edge of my razors how I like them.

Enjoy the rest of the evening.

Sun, Aug 19

Pre: Hot Shower
Razor: Hart 6/8" Rosewood Handle Square Tip
Brush: Thiers-Issard Super Badger w/ Black Horn Handle
Soap: Classic Brand Bay Rum
After Shave: Proraso White

I decided to touch up my Hart and try it again and I found it performs much better now. Liking the fact that I have gotten to the point where I get little to no irritation on my neck now.

13/16 Aiku, Full Hollow Ground, Square Point
Kanayama No.3 Strop
Simpson Duke 2 Best
JabonMan Lima-Pimienta Mentolado Soap
Cold Water Rinse
Old Proraso Splash
C&E West Indian Lime Cologne

Last day of my vacation Tired. I need a day off to recover from vacation. Not sure which razor to use today. As i was putting some away. My Coopers Bro 7day set was out. So i grabbed monday. Seriously amazing shave. Great start to the week.


Tony Miller strop
Vestavia Brush
Dr Harris Lavender + TOBS St James
Coopers Bro
WH
Skin Food

Today's shave was the best straight razor shave I've achieved yet:

Razor: Kanenaga kamisor, honed two weeks and 4 shaves ago, on a Arashiyima 6k, Takashima J-nat, and Yaginoshima. Stropped on leather.
Brush: Crowley & Tosh Silvertip Badger
Cream: Acqua di Parma
Pre-shave: hot towel
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery G20
Balm: Acqua di Parma

After a careful stropping session, I lit into my prepped face with this reasonably priced kamisori. I could feel that my confidence was high. I rode this high into a careful round of skin stretching and Against The Grain. Today was a milestone. Today, I shaved as smoothly as I had been with my Gilette Fusion 5 blade obscenity of convenience and reliability.

Today. I'm a straight shaver.

Cheers,

Jack

P.S.: So, I'm not perfect ... I cut my chin, right at the cleft. Little cut, about a sixteenth of an inch, but it bled like mad. Styptic failed, balm failed, tp failed. I hit it with some Bombay Sapphire ... well, it helped a lot. In about 30 minutes, I could ignore it and appear in public. I went with friends to have a few beers, and secretly wished they asked why I was so clean-shaven. Smooth, brothers, BBS.

Late to the game with no photo! Awesome job to-day, Men!
I went to a 15/16 Bengall this morning after a app of vitamin E oil last nite. The Bengall has just been freshened up a bit and put through a stropping regimen of 3 different Neil Miller leathers. This blade is remarkable. Thinly ground, a true "fine, fine one"! Poraso uber-lathered on top of a William's puck, stirred by my current favorite, a long-handled Weyer reknotted 2 band. Followed by Afta/AQV.
It has been 9 hrs. NOTHING felt as rubbing WTG!
A remarkable shave! The Best!

May everyone's week be filled with Blessings!
Tom

Originally Posted by jackslimpson

Today's shave was the best straight razor shave I've achieved yet:
I cut my chin, right at the cleft. Little cut, about a sixteenth of an inch, but it bled like mad. Styptic failed, balm failed, tp failed. I hit it with some Bombay Sapphire ... well, it helped a lot. In about 30 minutes, I could ignore it and appear in public.

Jack,
Congrats on your best str8 shave to date . Sorry about the cut though. A Kamisori are known for their temperament.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

May everyone's week be filled with Blessings!

You too my friend. Great shave too btw. Gotta love those Bengalls.

Two sharp "tools":



Have a nice day, friends

Wed, Aug 22

Pre: Hot Shower, 10 Linen, 15 Leather
Razor: Bresduck 5/8" Dubl Duck Special No1
Brush: Thiers-Issard Super Badger w/ Black Horn Handle
Scuttle: Dirty Bird Brush Scuttle
Soap: Classic Brand Bay Rum
Aftershave: Proraso White

Today I went back to my Dubl Duck to check what it felt like after two shaves. Still amazing. Getting pretty much irritation free now. One small nick when near the burns when I neglected to pay attention to where the toe was. I think its time to start up a second pass soon.

Originally Posted by DFriedl

Brush: "Burma-Shave" boar

How is that brush? I see it on the shelf of a store here.

Originally Posted by Pyrateknight

How is that brush? I see it on the shelf of a store here.

It's a perfectly usable smaller boar brush. Funny, it's been in that box 25-30 years and it still reeked like a standard new boar brush. The soap seemed like Williams, and the brush whipped it up just fine with just a little more water than usual (I had my doubts given it's age, but both were fine).